Is This Fair Dinkum?

Firstly, what does fair dinkum mean?

Do you know?

Today, fair dinkum is taken to mean ‘true’ or ‘genuine’.

It is Australian/English slang meaning genuine, honest, fair and square.

The question “Are you fair dinkum?” thus means “Are you telling me the truth?” or “Do you really mean that?”

The origins of the phrase are not really known. There is a story that says it comes from the Chinese “din gum” which means ‘real gold.’ Many Chinese immigrants settled in the Victoria area, in the nineteenth century, to mine for gold. That is true, but whether they really told people about “din gum,” cannot be absolutely verified.

There is the possibility that it comes from an old English dialect. You find  dinkum in Joseph Wright’s “English Dialect Dictionary” (1896-1905). In different parts of England, dinkum was used to mean a fair share of work. In Lincolnshire, Wright found dinkum being used to mean a demand for fair dealing.

In Rolf Boldrewood’s book (1888 in Australia), “Robbery Under Arms,” we find: “It took us an hour’s hard dinkum to get near the peak”. So, here it has the sense of exertion or work.

In the case of Internet Marketing, we could talk about a genuine program or product. We can talk about a genuine deal. We can talk about genuine program or site owners who tell us the fair dinkum truth. We can also say that to succeed we need to put in hours of hard dinkum.

Put it all together.

If you have a fair dinkum program owner, with a fair dinkum product, and who tells you the fair dinkum truth, and you are prepared to put in the fair dinkum work, you have the fair dinkum road to success!

The title for this post was “Is this fair dinkum?” I should perhaps have asked “Are these fair dinkum?” as I wish to recommend various learn and earn networks or programs here. On the other hand, I can stay with “Is this fair dinkum?” as the question that could and should be asked about every program or product.

The first recommendation is Fair Dinkum Networking

As well as the name, this is fair dinkum.

Barry, the owner and my friend and associate, has been very busy putting together some of the best internet marketing training materials and marketing tools and is always researching for the benefit of members.

He has recently been to a summit where he met internet marketing experts, and returned with much enthusiasm and many techniques and ideas for improving Fair Dinkum, and is, as a result, giving his site an overhaul.

This is a potential goldmine as Barry is putting into place a money source for you and the tools to implement a system so your bank account becomes very rosy indeed or golden, if you prefer. In the words of Barry himself:

“What you see now at fairdinkumnet is but a shell of what it will be in the near future.”

Look for updates on this.

My second fair dinkum recommendation is Success Patrol

I was asked to do a testimonial recently for Success Patrol and I was only too willing to agree.

I was so glad when Tim showed me Success Patrol and invited me to become a member.

Internet marketing online can be frustrating and confusing, but if you are willing to learn and share your knowledge, success is waiting for you. Success Patrol is there to de-confuse you.

The training meetings are organized and very useful and informative, but friendly and fun too.

The Success Patrol websites, Internet Marketing techniques and products are proving to be understandable and easy to use.

I have certainly learned a great deal about blogging and using social communities, and how to use a blog to get a higher rating, for example, with the Success Patrol blog system. 

The Success Patrol admin are always researching for the benefit of all the members and keeping the members updated.

I am proud and pleased to be a part of the Success Patrol business and using the acquired learning to create an income on line.

I appreciate the help and dedication from the Success Patrol folks.

Success Patrol is now in pre launch. You can join as a free member and take advantage of the free blog as part of the successblognet system or you can profit from the special trial offer upgrade and test the advantages of being a paying member, which includes your own domain set up, along with your own blog attached.

There is quite a lot involved in choosing the right domain name. Success Patrol helps you to make the right decisions.

Angel cuddles,

Sarah